Stadium violence reflects deep seated misogyny and governance issues

23 Apr 2018

By: Palesa Motshoene In a moment of utter madness, fans of South Africa’s largest football club, Kaizer Chiefs, stormed the pitch and assaulted a woman who was serving as a security guard amongst other unsavoury acts...

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Steven Pienaar: Sport helps unite people and break down barriers.

22 Apr 2018

I was born in apartheid South Africa and I know how sport, including football, can help to bring people together and break down barriers. PBM South African football supremo, Steven Pienaar, has lent his voice to...

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FIFA comes under attack for refusing to tackle racism: The latest cases

22 Apr 2018

PBM FIFA’s decision to abandon prosecution in the case of alleged racist slur against England Under-17 striker Morgan Gibbs-White from a Spanish opponent confirms the organisation’s inability to tackle racism in and around the game, says...

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How the law can help change racist minds in South Africa

21 Apr 2018

Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand Much recent news and public discourse might seem to indicate that South Africa’s non-racial rainbow is fading. Racism, its expression and its consequences, seem to be all around. First prize...

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Youth Employment Service: Bursary qualification criteria is likely to be dropped

21 Apr 2018

Ujuh Reporter As things stand entities that wish to generate B-BBEE points from the Youth Employment Service (Y.E.S) initiative will have to score full points on the 2.5% target for “Skills Development Expenditure on Bursaries”. This might change....

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Media industry explodes into all-out war: Iqbal Survé comes out guns blazing

20 Apr 2018

PBM South Africa’s news media industry is hosting an explosive war of words between key role players that is evolving into a full blown political conflict. Wild allegations have entered the scene. Journalists are accused of...

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Competition Commission approves Mondi’s bid for KwaZulu-Natal plantation

20 Apr 2018

Ujuh Reporter The bid by global pulp and paper giant, Mondi, to acquire KwaZulu-Natal plantation arranged as Draycott and Greytown Timber Plantations has been approved by South Africa’s Competition Commission. The Commission announced its approval of the...

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SA’s Competition Commission praised for foreign exchange case: Wins global award

20 Apr 2018

PBM A steely determination to go for banks accused of manipulation in foreign exchange markets weighed in heavily to see South Africa’s Competition Commission scoop the ‘Agency of the Year in Asia- Pacific, Middle East & Africa’ award....

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Too little too late: The FIFA charge of fan racism against Russia

19 Apr 2018

PBM ProBonoMatters has described FIFA’s move to charge the 2018 World Cup host, Russia, with fan racism as a “too little too late” gesture that fails to address the core of the problem. It’s a major...

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Why you need to take funeral insurance cover for your domestic worker

19 Apr 2018

Ujuh Reporter Many people who employ household employees, domestic workers, gardeners etc, often do not take out funeral cover for their employees as they perceive it to be a costly and complicated administrative burden. This can...

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Testing times for the accounting profession: Something must give!

18 Apr 2018

That the accounting and auditing profession is tainted is no longer in dispute. But fate has presented a wonderful opportunity to fix the profession. And the first thing we need to do is get rid of the board...

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Undercover: Inside the EFF’s bid to take on global security firm G4S

17 Apr 2018

By: Vula Mthimkhulu I went undercover last week to become a G4S employee baptized in the name of Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). I must say that, I was a bit nervous on approaching 77 Commissioner Street,...

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Gauteng people without internet can apply for school at certain centers and libraries

17 Apr 2018

PBM The Gauteng Education Department has in its implementation of the 2018 online school application system for the 2019 school year made a provision for parents without access to the internet. In the past two years...

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Court rules that banks can sell your house for next to nothing

16 Apr 2018

By Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 16 April 2018 When a person obtains a home loan from the bank, a mortgage bond is usually registered over their home as security by the bank. The bank will use this to...

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KPMG promise major clean up as VBS pair exit the accounting firm

16 Apr 2018

PBM KPMG South Africa announced at the weekend the resignation of two of its partners, Sipho Malaba and Dumi Tshuma, who were recently suspended over the VBS Mutual Bank affair. VBS Mutual Bank, the operation that...

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Shell and Eaisgas relent to Puregas in remarkable LPG competition case

15 Apr 2018

SATopShops Global petroleum giant, Shell, and Easigas have been forced into a remarkable relent from an anti-competitive behaviour  in South Africa via as a result of a complaint lodged with the Competition Commission by Puregas. The...

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Watch Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi leads power struggle song

13 Apr 2018

PBM Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi leads a spirited performance of a powerful struggle song that goes: iAzania! Soyithatha ngebhazuka! –loosely translating to we shall take our land back with the barrel of a gun. He was about to...

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Namibia drops 25% black economic empowerment clause

13 Apr 2018

Ujuh Reporter Namibia has dropped the proposal to impose a requirement that businesses operating in the country must allocate 25% ownership towards its natives who were excluded from economic participation during the colonial era. The proposal...

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2019 Gauteng online school application system: Step-by-step guide

12 Apr 2018

PBM The 2019 round of Gauteng online school application system goes live on Monday, the 16th of April 2018, which requires all parents seeking school for Grade 1 and 8 to engage the online platform. Exceptions...

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Gauteng online school applications for 2019: All you need to know

12 Apr 2018

PBM The Gauteng Department of Education officially opens the 2019 Online Application System for Grade 1 and 8 admissions on Monday, 16 April 2018 at 08:00 am, and close at midnight, 28 May 2018. Parents must...

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